Name: Got Caught Breathing Being Black
Duration: P00H01M44S
Description: I spent most of this week working on a different song entirely, then things spun out of control with what's going on in the US and I completely forgot about fulfilling the assignment and wrote this. My bad.

J. Dale Walker - Got Caught Breathing Being Black

from Round 27, Week 10 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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I spent most of this week working on a different song entirely, then things spun out of control with what's going on in the US and I completely forgot about fulfilling the assignment and wrote this. My bad.

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Bar all the windows and lock all the doors
Turn out the lights, they’re coming out in force
Can’t let it go, crosses burning in the back
It’s not your fault, got caught breathing being black

It's not like we've never been round here before
Strange fruit and iron smells like southern de la cour
Hanging on the branches of the trees covered in gore
George Stinney Jr. and around a million more

Bar all the windows and lock all the doors
Turn out the lights, they’re coming out in force
Can’t let it go, crosses burning in the back
It’s not your fault, got caught breathing being black

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from Round 27, Week 10, released June 1, 2020

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